unit pricing

unit pricing

the practice of marking on product packs not only the PRICE per pack but the price per common unit of weight or volume, for example price per 500 grammes or price per litre. Unit pricing is generally undertaken for products like groceries which can be offered in a number of pack sizes for a particular brand, or where different brands are offered in a variety of sizes, in order to give consumers more accurate comparative price information. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT 1964.

A new ISO project committee ISO/PC 294 has just been formed to develop a standard for unit pricing that will establish guidelines and principles of unit pricing, to make it accessible and useful for both retailers and consumers.

Mr Mallon, pictured, said: "I welcome the increase in the taxation of cider by the Government but it is my belief that the most effective way of addressing the issue of reducing alcohol consumption is the introduction of a unit pricing scheme of 50p per unit of alcohol.

The "naive" model results--which are not corrected for possible treatment effects--indicate that towns with unit pricing experience a major reduction in per capita waste generation, and no effect of curbside waste collection programs on generation rates.

Dai Lloyd AM, chairman of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, said: "The committee welcomes the principle outlined in the bill and believes minimum unit pricing will go some way to improving the health of a significant cohort of the Welsh population.

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